I love challenges, and working with Oracle products has always been a challenge for me. This love/hate relationship started ~20 years ago when I could not set up the first version of Oracle Internet Directory, following the documentation word by word! I had to "fix" several scripts to make it install, and in the end, even though it installed, it still wouldn't work... It was the only product I cared enough to remember that failure after so many years. Or maybe, the only product I failed to tame.
An interesting January
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of January 2019 • personal • permanent link •Read time: 2
That was an interesting January!
Some history first: I started working full time when I finished my military service in 1994. Between 1994 and 1998 I had two simultaneous jobs. From 1998 up to 2000 I had one job and I was studying for my MSc part-time. Starting 2001 and up to 2007 I had again two jobs while from 2007 up to 2010 I had one full time job and was studying for my MBA (distance learning).
Sailing as an infosec lesson
Posted on Monday, 24th of September 2018 • personal • permanent link •Read time: 2
Last Thursday I took my CRISC exams and - the restless person I am - I had already arranged to take sailing classes over the weekend. I always wanted to take sailing classes, and I had gone sailing once several years ago when I was still living in Greece. My idea was that when I grow old I will buy a small sailing boat and sail around my beloved Crete.
Deep thought book review
Posted on Monday, 4th of September 2017 • security/social engineering • permanent link •Read time: 3
Recently I stumbled upon A CyberSecurity story called Deep Thought from ideas42. It is a book dealing with human behavior and how it affects cyber security.